GCL Securities Margin Exposure Limit, Leverage for Intraday and F&O

GCL Securities Margin

1. 1. Does GCL Securities offer margin trading?

   No, GCL Securities does not offer a margin trading facility. GCL Securities offers attractive margin exposure across all asset classes.

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2. 2. Does GCL Securities provide leverage?

   Yes, GCL Securities provides an attractive leverage facility across all asset classes. The leverage facility allows the investors to trade many times over the funds available in their account and increase the probability of earning profits.

   GCL Securities Leverage Policy:

   • Higher exposure limits.
   • Leverage facilities across all asset classes.
   • Highest exposure/leverage facility on Intraday Commodity Futures trades.
   • Leverage up to 10 times for Equity Intraday, Equity Futures, Equity Options, and Currency Options trades.
   • Leverage up to 12 times for Commodity Futures trades.
   • Leverage up to 6 times for Currency Futures and Commodity Options trades.
   • No exposure provided for Options buying and Futures Carry Forward trades.
   • Loan against shares
   • Intraday trades auto squared off at 3:10 pm.

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3. 3. Does GCL Securities provide margin?

   Yes, GCL Securities provides an exposure/leverage facility to customers to trade across all asset classes. The company does not offer a margin trading facility but provides a margin against shares.

   The company has the highest exposure for Commodity Intraday trading that allows investors to trade up to 12 times the funds available in the account. GCL also provides a decent margin exposure up to 10 times for Equity Intraday, Equity Futures and Options, and Currency Options. In the case of Currency Futures and Commodity Options, the company allows an exposure up to 6 times the amount in the account.

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4. 4. How much leverage does GCL Securities provide for Intraday Equity trading?

   GCL Securities provides up to 10 times of leverage for Equity Intraday trading based on the quality and volatility of the stocks. The extent of the margin limit provided is different for each security. For low quality and highly volatile stocks, the exposure provided is lesser, and for less volatile and good quality stocks, the extent of margin allowed is a bit higher and maximum up to 10 times.

   For example, if you have Rs 5,000 in your trading account, you can buy/sell stocks up to Rs 50,000 in case of Intraday trades.

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5. 5. What is square time in GCL Securities?

   GCL Securities auto-square off starts at 3.10 PM (20 minutes before the market close).

   If you trade Intraday with GCL Securities and have not squared off your positions till 3.10 PM, GCL Securities will initiate an auto-square for all your open positions.

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